a tunnel from my window to yours

It's the day before my classes start and as usual, I want to make the most of my last day of freedom but have no idea what to do. I spent most of the day like a fool on the computer reading about books and movies instead of reading books I have or watching movies I have, and looking at places I'd like to travel to rather than actually seeing what is going on right here. This all made me a little stir crazy so I decided about an hour ago to take a walk and see what the neighborhood had to give. Here's what was out there:
The very first thing I saw upon walking out my front door was this:

Now I am normally a person that cringes at photographs of sunflowers, there aren't too many things that are more cliche, and even this one makes me feel a bit like a sad girl, but here's the deal: the flower was given to me when it was still a small little plant. It was grown by one of the older kids at camp. They did not want to carry it home and offered it to me , as a way to get it off his hands. Since nearly all the plants in our group's room had died, I was happy to take one that was thriving. That was about a month ago and just yesterday I noticed that it was about to bloom, but didn't expect it to happen so soon.

I found this little fellow in the garbage not too long after we moved in. I love him.

This lost dog flyer is all over the neighborhood. It's rain-streaked and sad.

This dog gets to hang out on a porch all day. You'd think he would have gotten over the excitement of someone walking under him. Nope. I've actually been wanting to take a picture of him for a while and I'm not pleased with this, but luckily, he's just a block away.

There's two of these classic barber shops within a ten minute walk from my apartment. Too bad I wouldn't be welcome there!

The place to be.

My walk was filled with dogs.

Bunny in the parsley.

Can you see the little tree peaking out?

I'm afraid that once I have my own house the yard will be completely populated by plastic animals of all sorts. I promise I will never have any of those geese or little boys peeing into the bushes.